Holy Hour with Evening Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent March 10, 2021

Exposition (#179)

Introduction

Hymn Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days

Psalmody

All are invited to join the singing of the psalms. Psalm verses will alternate between women and men, led by the choir and clergy.

Antiphon I– Cantor the first time, then all; repeat antiphon after psalm.

Psalm 126 – Joyful hope in Just as you share in sufferings so you will share in the divine glory (2 Corinthians 1:7)

When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage, * They go out, they go out, full of tears, * it seemed like a dream. carrying seed for the sowing: Then was our mouth filled with laughter, * they come back, they come back, full of song, * on our lips there were songs. carrying their sheaves.

The heathens themselves said: “What marvels * Glory to the Father, and to the Son, the Lord worked for them!” And to the , What marvels the Lord worked for us! * As it was in the beginning, is now, Indeed we were glad. and will be forever. Amen.

Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage * (Repeat antiphon) as streams in dry land. Those who are sowing in tears * will sing when they reap.

Antiphon II– Cantor the first time, then all; repeat antiphon after psalm.

Psalm 127 – Apart from God our labors are worthless You are God’s building (1 Corinthians 3:9).

If the Lord does not build the house, * O the happiness of the man * in vain do its builders labor; who has filled his quiver with these arrows! if the Lord does not watch over the city, * He will have no cause for shame * in vain does the watchman keep vigil. when he disputes with his foes in the gateways.

In vain is your earlier rising, * Glory to the Father, and to the Son, your going later to rest, and to the Holy Spirit, you who toil for the bread you eat: * As it was in the beginning, is now, when he pours gifts on his beloved and will be forever. Amen. while they slumber. (Repeat antiphon.)

Truly sons are a gift from the Lord, * a blessing, the fruit of the womb. Indeed the sons of youth * are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.

Antiphon III– Cantor the first time, then all; repeat antiphon after psalm.

Canticle: Colossians 1:12-20 Christ the first-born of all creation and the first-born from the dead

Let us give thanks to the Father It is he who is head of the body, the church! for having made you worthy he who is the beginning, to share the lot of the the first-born of the dead, in light. so that primacy may be his in everything.

He rescued us from the power of darkness It pleased God to make absolute and brought us into the kingdom of fullness reside in him his beloved Son. and, by means of him, to reconcile Through him we have redemption, everything in his person, the forgiveness of our sins. both on earth and in the heavens, making peace through the blood of his cross. He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creatures. Glory to the Father, and to the Son In him everything in heaven and on and to the Holy Spirit: earth was created, as it was in the beginning, is now, things visible and invisible. and will be forever. Amen.

All were created through him; (Repeat antiphon) all were created for him. He is before all else that is. In him everything continues in being.

Reading Philippians 2:12b-15a Work with anxious concern to achieve your salvation. It is God who, in his good will toward you, begets in you any measure of desire or achievement. In everything you do, act without grumbling or arguing; prove yourselves innocent and straightforward, children of God without reproach. All observe a moment of silence following the reading. Responsory

Canticle of Mary, sung by the choir ; Chant Mode VIII

Antiphon: The one who obeys God’s law and teaches others to do so will be great in the kingdom of heaven.

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, He has cast down the mighty from their my spirit rejoices in God my Savior thrones, and has lifted up the lowly farmer's for he has looked with favor on his lowly foot. servant. He has filled the hungry with good things, From this day all generations will call me and the rich he has sent away empty. blessed: the Almighty has done great things He has come to the help of his servant Israel for me, and holy is his Name. for he has remembered his promise of mercy, He has mercy on those who fear him in every the promise he made to our fathers, to generation. Abraham and his children for ever.

He has shown the strength of his arm, he has Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the scattered the proud in their conceit. Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Intercessions

Presider: Blessed be almighty God, who watches over us as a Father; he knows all our needs but wants us to seek first his kingdom. Let us cry out to him as his people:

Presider: Father of all holiness, you gave us Christ as the shepherd of our souls; stay with your shepherds and the flock entrusted to them, do not leave this flock without the loving care of its shepherd, All: do not leave your shepherds without an obedient flock to follow them.

Presider: Teach Christians to help the weak with loving care, All: and in serving them to serve your Son.

Presider: Gather into your Church those who do not yet believe, All: and help them to build it up by good deeds done for love of you.

Presider: Help us to turn to you for forgiveness, All: and, as you forgive us, reconcile us also with your Church.

Presider: May the dead pass from this world to eternal life, All: to be with you for ever.

The Lord’s Prayer

Prayer Presider: Let us pray. Lord, during this Lenten season nourish us with your word of life and make us one in love and prayer. Through our Lord Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. All: Amen.

Adoration

Chant:

ADORO te devote, latens Deitas, quae HIDDEN God, devoutly I adore Thee, sub his figuris vere latitas: tibi se cor truly present underneath these veils: all meum totum subiicit, quia te contemplans my heart subdues itself before Thee, since totum deficit. it all before Thee faints and fails.

Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur, sed Not to sight, or taste, or touch be credit auditu solo tuto creditur; quidquid hearing only do we trust secure; I believe, dixit Dei Filius: nil hoc verbo Veritatis for God the Son has said it- Word of truth verius. that ever shall endure.

In cruce latebat sola Deitas, at hic latet On the cross was veiled Thy Godhead's simul et humanitas; ambo tamen credens splendor, here Thy manhood lies hidden atque confitens, peto quod petivit latro too; unto both alike my faith I render, and, paenitens. as sued the contrite thief, I sue.

Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor; Deum Though I look not on Thy wounds with tamen meum te ; fac me tibi Thomas, Thee, my Lord, and Thee, my semper magis credere, in te spem habere, God, I call: make me more and more te diligere. believe Thy promise, hope in Thee, and love Thee over all. O memoriale mortis Domini! panis vivus, vitam praestans homini! praesta meae O memorial of my Savior dying, Living menti de te vivere et te illi semper dulce Bread, that gives life to man; make my sapere. soul, its life from Thee supplying, taste Thy sweetness, as on earth it can. Pie pellicane, Iesu Domine, me immundum munda tuo sanguine; cuius Deign, O Jesus, Pelican of heaven, me, a una stilla salvum facere totum mundum sinner, in Thy Blood to lave, to a single quit ab omni scelere. drop of which is given all the world from all its sin to save. Iesu, quem velatum nunc aspicio, oro fiat illud quod tam sitio; ut te revelata cernens Contemplating, Lord, Thy hidden facie, visu sim beatus tuae gloriae. Amen. presence, grant me what I thirst for and implore, in the revelation of Thy essence to

behold Thy glory evermore. Amen.

Motet: ,

Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine. Cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine: esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. O dulcis, o pie, o Jesu, fili Mariae, mei.

Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, having truly suffered, sacrificed on the cross for mankind, from whose pierced side water and blood flowed: Be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet] in the trial of death! O sweet, O gentle, O Jesu, son of Mary, have mercy on me. Benediction

Presider: You have given them Bread from heaven All: Having all sweetness within it

Prayer

Presider: Let us pray.

Lord Jesus Christ, you gave us the as the memorial of your suffering and death. May our worship of this of your Body and Blood help us to experience the salvation you won for us and the peace of the kingdom where you live with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

All: Amen.

After the prayer, the priest or deacon blesses the assembly with the .

Reposition

Divine Praises

Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man. Blessed be the name of Jesus. Blessed be His Most . Blessed be His Most Precious Blood. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the . Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the paraclete. Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy. Blessed be her holy and . Blessed be her glorious Assumption. Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. Blessed be Joseph, her most chaste spouse. Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints.

Closing Hymn Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (#705)

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